A man selling Nativity scenes made from clay and reeds waits for clients in downtown Bangui, Central African Republic. In the nation's capital riven by sectarian violence, Christmas shoppers were few this year. Those who did venture out found only a handful of vendors selling plastic toys and Christmas decorations.

Indian children dressed as Santa Claus dance in front of a sculpture titled "World Peace" by sand artist Sudarshan Patnaik ahead of Christmas at a beach in Puri, in the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar, Though Hindus and Muslims comprise the majority of the population in India, Christmas is celebrated with much fanfare.

People wait with their luggage by the departure boards in Waterloo Station in central London as disruption to rail services continues. A man and a woman died in separate river incidents on Monday as high winds and heavy rain lashed Britain, disrupting transport as people headed home for the Christmas holidays.

Dan Trujillo, left, and Clyde Peck get married as about 1,500 people gather to show support of marriage equality after a federal judge declined to stay his ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in Utah, at Washington Square, just outside of the Salt Lake City and County Building in Salt Lake City.

Astronaut Rick Mastracchio works to loosen a sticky connection on one of the fluid lines to the spare pump during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Two NASA astronauts stepped out on a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk to complete repairs at the ISS.

Two Siberian tiger cubs compete for milk with two puppies for milk on a mother dog at Wild Animal World in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province. Staff at the facility feed the tigers on dog milk since the tigers' mother resisted feeding them after giving birth on Nov. 10.